The Director Who Films Your Life Test
Mike Nichols
All possible test results
Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Ed Wood will get your film done waaaaay under budget, and will likely make it into a classic film of all time -- for all the wrong reasons. Let's face it, your life isn't terribly exciting to begin wi... Read more
Steven Spielberg
Not the most romantic, funny or complex life, but still a great story to be told. Your story requires a large budget, and only Steve can handle the special effects your story needs. His resume include... Read more
Roger Corman
An action-complex tale about a complex character that is you. Corman was responsible for a very early Jack Nicholson film, 1963's The Terror (Francis Coppola was associate producer), filmed i... Read more
Quentin Tarantino
Wow! What a life you have led thus far! Action-packed, anti-social with probably dark humor. Quentin hasn't really made many films, but each successive one is a bigger and grander project ... and more... Read more
Kevin Smith
Kevin will take your slacker life and turn it into the cult classic it deserves to be --- like Mallrats (just kidding). If you can handle the menacing presence of Jay and Silent Bob all throu... Read more
Akira Kurosawa
Action-packed, light romance maybe with situation humor but with a moral to your story, this Japanese master filmmaker would make your film an instant cult classic -- were he still alive. This is the ... Read more
David Lynch
We apologize now. Future generations will view your life story by David Lynch and not know what the hell just happened. A lot of events occur around you, but you seem to be involved in all the wrong w... Read more
Alfred Hitchcock
One of the best film directors EVER to exist. Your life must be something special if we're going to dig up Hitch to direct the film version. His films are studies of masterful technique and visual sto... Read more
Mel Brooks
You're a busy and hilarious kind of person, not terribly romantic, and you seem to fit in with everyone around you. Mel's filmography: The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceball... Read more
John Landis
John Landis always loves to go over-budget with his action-comedies (The Blues Brothers, anyone?) that are easy on the brain (Animal House, anyone?). Apparently, there's been a lot o... Read more
Spike Lee
Filmolgraphy: Do The Right Thing, She's Gotta Have It, Jungle Fever, X, She Hate Me, Bamboozled, He Got Game, Summer of Sam, etc. Complex comedy with some action scenes, yeah, Spike can handl... Read more
Terry Gilliam
Filmography: The Brothers Grimm, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, The Fisher King, Time Bandits, Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. Gilliam is notorious for his angry outburs... Read more
Sofia Coppola
With few films under her belt (The Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation, Marie Antoinette, Somewhere) as a writer/director, she's already highly respected and connected -- her dad, Francis, d... Read more
Francis Ford Coppola
Filmography: The Conversation, The Godfather (and Pt. 2 and Pt. 3), Apocolypse Now, Peggy Sue Got Married, Jack, etc. He even used his clout after The Godfather to get George Lucas' ... Read more
Steven Soderbergh
Filmography: Sex Lies and Videotape, Traffic, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Erin Brockovich, and various other homemade independent films. He may just want to follow you around for a few mo... Read more
Ingmar Bergman
Your life will be portrayed on film as an intense psychological drama, likely with some actresses screaming at the camera (Persona), or maybe a pleasant chess game between the Grim Reaper and... Read more
Woody Allen
Be prepared to have your life story shot entirely in New York City -- though lately Woody's been loving shooting in London. Also, your music soundtrack is all jazz from before 1949. Filmography: A... Read more
Penny Marshall
Your romantic comedy-drama of a life is now in the hands of Laverne. We almost put Ron Howard in this spot, but we figured you wouldn't want the part of your dad played by Ron's little brother Clint (... Read more
Cameron Crowe
You had him at "hello" and he will complete you if you show him the money. Yes, the guy who made Jerry Maguire (and the movies Singles, Say Anything, and Elizabethtown) will make you... Read more
James L. Brooks
Filmography: Terms of Endearment, Spanglish, As Good As It Gets, Broadcast News, etc. He also is responsible for bringing The Simpsons to TV (from when he produced The Tracy Ullm... Read more
John Waters
Filmography: Hairspray, Cry Baby, Pecker, A Dirty Shame, Serial Mom, Polyester, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Mondo Trasho, and more. Hopefully your entire life happened in Baltimore, Maryl... Read more
John Hughes
Filmography: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Uncle Buck, etc. Yes, your life is going to be turned into a teen comedy classic. Just be glad he's not handing the directing reins over to s... Read more
Richard Linklater
Filmography: Slackers, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, School of Rock, The Bad News Bears (2005), Dazed and Confused, Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly, Fast Food Nation. Very romantic, v... Read more
Mike Nichols
One of the best directors in film alive today. Every picture he has made has been a classic: The Graduate, Working Girl, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Closer, Carnal Knowledge, What Planet Are ... Read more
